5.11.06
You Call That Art?
This funny link at ABC News about comparing children to masters has me thinking and laughing aloud! Check out the link to get a giggle(I managed to correctly identify all of the images as either 4 year olds or masters). Here are some of my statements and questions:
The public must be quite uninformed regarding authentic, quality art. I get the feeling that people are buying into little trends these days, and that they really don't know good art from bad. "Something sells" is in my opinion not a qualifer for good art. I should triple my prices because I know how to use colour. Do the galleries have real collectors or just walk throughs much like the outdoor art shows? How serious is the potential for online galleries to embrace undiscovered artists? Self promotion is an art that requires more talent than making art, and I wonder if I possess the burning desire to succeed? If my gut need to paint what I want(no matter how much heart is put there) does not qualify me as a valued artist, must I paint what the public thinks it wants? Is there such a thing as raising the mind of humankind? I could sell children's pictures. Picasso: "I spent my entire life learning to paint like a child." Art is allusion for adults, parable for children, allusive parable for creators and collectors. My sneakers are covered with paint drips.
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Why paint what you think the public thinks it wants? If you did that, it would just be another job?
The hook there is that it would be another job and since the public only thinks that it wants something, there is no guarantee that what I think the public wants is something that I could pull off or want to. We artists need to convince the public that what we have is valued, and they should buy it; that is the real job!
I'm going to keep on painting what I want, with more passion and faith!
Real art is always ahead of its time. If that were not so, it would not be art.
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